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Venice and its story (1910)

Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London, J. M. Dent ; New York, E. P. Dutton · leaf 247

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ambassadors of Milan and Ferrara. I wastaken, he writes, along the grande rue^ which they callthe Grand Canal, and it is very broad. Galleys cross it,and I have seen great ships of four hundred tons and morenear the houses, and it is the fairest street I believe thatmay be in the whole world, and… … PALAZZO DARIO FRENCH INVASIONS i6i with white marble, and yet have many a great piece ofporphyry and serpentine on the front. Inside they havechambers with gilded ceilings and rich chimney-pieces ofcarved marble, gilded bedsteads of wood, and are wellfurnished. It is the most triumphant city I have…

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